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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1951
Page
4
Classified note shows DIRT WORK services for spreader dams and Crow with P O Box 72, sale s man position at Sing Jer Sewing Center 115 W Holland. Also an investment notice offering Hirst mortgage notes on Alpine property at six percent through Storey Whiteside Lumber Co Alpine with contact details and date.
Crowds gather as Santa and his flying reindeer prepare to visit the city. Parents and children await the festive event with much excitement, while workers at the North Pole toy shop finalize preparations for the sleigh ride and gift deliveries.
Fort Stockton hosts a statewide Masonic assembly tomorrow evening in the high school gym. Nine districts of the Texas lodge will send officers to confer the Master Mason degree. Masters, Wardens and secretaries will attend with a fellowship supper served at 7 p.m. and the degree ceremony planned for 7 30 p.m. on the Fort Stockton High School campus.
Fort Stockton schools instructor C. Smith Jr leads a Fort Stockton pee wee football squad with district deputies as the degree team. Named dignitaries include Will Boyd of Big Lake and John Reppeto of Del Rio along with Tom Bobo Alpine Beckett and others from Midland Odessa Lamesa and Pecos. The event invites Masons in Post Odessa areas to join.
Mrs. D. C. Jeter returned home from Tyler. Dick Rogers Tom Stovell and Chick Ives attended a Kerrville bankers convention. Mr and Mrs Ted Gray and baby visited relatives in Abilene and Port Worth. Jack Cross and George Koury shopped in Dallas for stores. Cora Lee Thomas planned trips to Yuma and Fresno. Lynn Forbes guests included Mrs Yeats and Mrs Owen Haynes. Widespread travel and hospital news cover business visits and a fall injury treatment at Alpine hospital for tare Newlin.
The Texas Federated Women’s Clubs from Marfa Presidio Marathon Balmor Fort Davis and Alpine met Tuesday morning October 30 in Alpine High School auditorium to hear talks by safety leaders. Attendees included Mrs Jon Director of the State Safety Division and Mrs Jud Collier, with the conference concluding a drive to cut Texas accident rates through a long term, inclusive prevention program.
Funeral services for John Gordon McIntosh of Austin and Fort Davis were held Thursday at the Fort Davis First Presbyterian Church. He died Oct 24 in a Lubbock hospital after a car accident near Fort Davis. He was born May 31, 1879 in London Ontario and came to Texas in 1913, serving as supervisor for the B Reed Gil Co. Survived by wife Mary Carton McIntosh, two sons James W and Carlton, a daughter Christine, and a granddaughter. Interment was at Hillcrest Cemetery. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed from Fort Davis.
Central and Centennial Schools closed their seasons with decisive junior football wins. Centennial defeated Blackwell 12-0 in their midget matchup and Blackwell’s team struggled against Centennial’s offense. Central downed Pecos in a hard fought morning game as Alpine and Central’s junior squads showcased strong performances.
The Midland cattle market showed slow to steady movement at the October 25 sale with 1074 head. Fat calves and yearlings sold for 30 to 34 dollars, mediums 26 to 34, stocker terms mixed, sows 20 to 23, canners 14 to 20, bulls 24 to 27.50, stocker calves about 33 to 37.50, stocker cows 16 to 25. A halftime show featured Wink's organization and Ral Pauley's Alpine charges with Halloween themes. The Bucks face Crane at Pine field tonight in their final home game, aiming to rebound from a 3-3-1 conference record.
Bill Sohl of a 1000 acre ranch southeast of Alpine partners with Big Bend Soil Conservation District to draft a conservation plan. Don Fulton, conservationist, maps range, fences, roads, wells, and improvements while cedar removal continues to boost grazing value. Capt Jack Walsh and family, Camp Polk Louisiana, visiting last week plan to rejoin duty in Germany in about a month after serving as a State Highway Dept engineer.
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